​DREAM Weekly Email, Disability and Higher Education in the News: March 27-April 2, 2016From DREAM: Disability Rights, Education, Activism, and MentoringSponsored by the Association on Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD) and the National Center for College Students with Disabilities -------------------------------Weekly Email Update on Issues Related to Disability and Higher Education Week of March 27-April 2, 2016-------------------------------Disability and higher education in the news (in no particular order):

* As the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) conference gets underway this week, protests by disabled people continue over the exclusion of all proposals on disability and ongoing problems with accommodations at the conference:

* What happens when a male professor has to teach about sexual assault and trauma, but he has PTSD and has experienced rape? And what happens when he “comes out” about his experiences, when assaults on men are rarely discussed?

* March 28 was Law Student Mental Health Day, and “Rooted in Rights” has a video of first-person stories, resources, and state-by-state information about how law students can be discriminated against simply for seeking out mental health treatments (video has captions, but no audio description): http://www.rootedinrights.org/questions/

* Ball State University counseling center has been struggling to meet a 27% increase in demand, but the student newspaper notes that statistics don’t show the whole problem with hiring dilemmas, diversity of students’ needs, other under-utilized campus resources, and broader problems with Indiana’s state-wide lack of counseling and treatment resources: http://www.ballstatedaily.com/article/2016/03/news-counseling-center

* Acceptance letters are going out, and once again this year students with intellectual disabilities are being filmed getting their letters – here’s one featuring Rachel Grace getting her letter from East Stroudsburg University (no captions or audio descriptions): https://www.facebook.com/FoxNews/videos/10154193875296336/

* As many campus security and police forces implement disability training, they may want to read this interview with activist Kerima Çevik, who talks about trying to keep her Black autistic son alive and how “you can’t train away racism or ableism” with police: http://www.poormagazine.org/node/5510

* Ahchoo! Many of us are battling seasonal allergies and cuddling tissues all day, but here are some accommodation ideas for more significant allergies, including multiple chemical sensitivity, food allergies, and latex allergies: http://askjan.org/media/alle.htm

* An OB/GYN decided to surprise a blind patient with a 3-D brailled print out of her unborn baby, and the video has gone viral (video has subtitles in English, but no audio description): http://omeleto.com/210766/

* Just because the Internet has all kinds of awesome and it’s Friday, we offer you not just ONE link about the friendship between a chicken and two-legged Chihuahua, but TWO links. This video is from 2014, but going viral again. Happy Friday and yes, you’re welcome.

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